Controlling Chromatic Dispersion
As we learned in last month’s column, chromatic dispersion (CD) can limit the transmission rate…
Browsing: Optical Networking
A Colorful Problem
Chromatic Dispersion Challenges — With the speed of networks continuously increasing, the impact of optical…
No More Square Pegs in Round Holes
What’s New in Optical Fiber Ribbon Cable — There’s a new generation of optical fiber…
GPON Is the Engine
Amtrak HQ Project Choo-Chooses Passive Optical LAN — Even before Amtrak began the renovation of…
I Get No Respect!
The OPM Challenge — I get no respect! Now I know what the optical power…
Laser Safety
Standards and Applications — With fiber technology changing at a tremendous pace, it is critical…
Enabling the 5G Mobile Network
The Evolution Toward OTN — Just as oxygen and water are critical to human life,…
Cyberspace From the Sea
While some might think that satellites are responsible for a lot of the transmissions around…
Robots in Telecom?
The Robotics/Automation Revolution Is Here Unlike human employees, robots don’t have set work hours. They…
OTDRs Never Go Out of Style
Seeing Its Evolution Is Believing — The optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) is now 36…